Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-02-24
IOWA NEWS ITEMS

an address. Hon. 3. +. Coffin and sever
al other practical farmers and dairymen
will also take part in the proceedings
A fire broke out in the Masonic Temple,
in the third floor of the Wood & Wilson
block at Mason City, Feb. 81. The fire
department confined the flames to the third
story. The loss to the Masonic order on
furniture, ETC., is about $4,000. The sec
ond floor was occupied as offices in which
the loss from water and breakage will be
81, 800. The Wood s. Wilson stock was
damaged to the amount of 1000 and
building 1900; all fully insured.
davenport has twenty-six churches.
The upper ten of Des Moines have
organized club with capital of $4,000
The Knights of Labor at Dubuque,
have placed. a city ticket in nomination.
@. A. Velker, dry goods merchant, is
the candidate fer mayor
The doors of s. Altshuler & Co., deal
ers in gents furnishing goods, Missouri
Valley, were closed Feb. II by the sher-
iii under writ of attachment. This was
general surprise to every one, as the
firm was supposed to have been one Of
the best standing in the place. The liza
bilities are claimed to be $35, 900 and as
sets $4,000.
Fire at Sioux City, on the night of the
nth, destroyed two frame buildings be-
longing to Dorcas M Hampton; insured
in the German American for $500, Fire
mans Fund for $500, Fire Association,
England, $500, Union of California for
5000.
Articles of incorporation were filed with
the Secretary of State as follows: The
Summerset Coal Co., of Warren county,
capital stock 1900; State Savings Bank,
of Des Moines, capital stock $50, 000 Ma
tional Reserve, mutual insurance COM
pany of Sioux City, and the Knoxville
Electric Light and Power Co., of Knox.
vile. capital stock $4,000.
John I. Stewart & Sons stable at Coun-
Gil Bluffs driving park, containing stud
of the finest thoroughbred horses in the
State, burned down Feb. 81. and cremat-
ed nine valuable horses. The stable was
located outside the fire limits and burned
without a drop of water thrown upon
it.
Of she Iowa banks only six have a cap
ital of over $4,000. Since the organi-
cation of the National banking system
III of these institutions have been organ
lied in the State, of which number 43
have gone out of existence. In the order
of capital invested in National banks
Iowa stands 18th among the States.
Contracts have been made at Sioux
City, for pork and beef packing house
at the Union stock yards, and new
house, to have capacity of 1000 hogs
daily and be fitted for both summer and
winter packing. The buildings and i'm
provements contemplated this year under
the contract will cost 100000. Opening
this new house will make market in
Sioux City for 1000 hogs daily.
The city council of Marshalltown have
appropriated $4,000 for the purchase of
fifty-light arc electric plant
The city council of CouncilBluffs passed
an ordinance granting to the Union Pa
cific railway company Tenth avenue from
the bluffs east of the city to the Missouri
river. The company agrees for such gra-
tuitous franchise to build new passen-
ger and transfer depot at cost Of $780,
900 within the next 18 months. 1t is
talked by knowing persons that the
u p. has an eastern connection in view
which may furry the Iowa trunk lines
in the near future.
The Pottawattamie county poor farm
has been sold for $780, 900
The total earnings of the railroads in
Iowa for the year ending June 80, 1886,
were S36,093, 1854, a decrease of
$50, 4S001 from the previous year. The
passenger earnings are 1913 per cent of
the entire earnings. The net earnings
for Iowa were S13, 0S6, 551.44 The oper-
ating expenses were s22. 931 ,555. 10, de-
crease of S162, 025.94 from the former
year.
Manilla's prospects are very flattering
for spring boom. Parties desiring a
new town to locate in have no need of
going to Kansas and Nebraska when
such opportunities are presented within
the bounds of Iowa. 1t is located in one
of the most beautiful and productive
valleys in Crawford county, at the juno
ton of c., B. & @. division with the new
Sioux City extension of the Chicago,
Milwaukee g. st. Paul road, and is IS
miles south of Denison, the county seat.
Where the town stands good crop Of
corn was produced last year. Now 1t has
some so buildings, and 400 inhabitants,
with a wide.awake newspaper which is
doing good service in the building up OF
the town.
BY the liberality Of gentleman whose
name is not made public, Iowa college, at
Grinnell, is to have one of the best tele-
scopes in the west.
Mendenhall, who killed Hines in row
at Panama in December, 1885. was convict
ed of manslaughter and given six years in
che penitentiary.
Another vein of coal, four feet five
inches thick, has been struck in the Dor
ing on the Alderman farm, just west Of
Nevada, at the depth of 215 feet.
During the year ending February 28.
1887, $1,000 persons registered at the
three principal hotels in Davenport In
the same time 1.214 dwellings were built
and twentyone business blocks, costing
SSH 900.
King lambert, Of Italy, has devoted
$50, 900 to fund for the relief of the
families Of the Italian soldiers killed
and permanently injured in the recent
eight with the Abyssinians at SASH.
"A st. Petersburg dispatch says: The
recently discovered secret society whose
membership comprised majority of the
students in the military colleges has been
found to be harmless social organiza-
ton. No injury to the Gear or his gov
eminent was contemplated.
"A Madrid dispatch, of the 18th, says:
Snow storms of unprecedented severity